[R] Help In Function

[Simon Blomberg]

Use readline.
x <- readline("Give the value of x? ")
cat("The value of x is", x, "\n")

Cheers,

Simon.

SUMANTA BASAK wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I need a basic help from you. I've built a function like this,
>
> windowlength<-function(x)
> {
> z <- rep(seq(0,331,by=x-1)+1, each=2)                      
> zz <- z[-c(1,length(z))]                                   
> ind <- as.data.frame(matrix(zz, nr=2))                     
> j<-lapply(ind, function(x) mat[x[1]:x[2],])                
> cat("For",x/4,"month number of windows is = ",length(ind),"\n")
> }
> windowlength(x=12)
>
> I need to know how can i give command in "R" so that instead of giving the last line, i.e "R" will ask the user to give the value of x? I mean to say,
> 1) It will ask user "Give the value of x"
> 2) Then user inputs 12, and R gives the ultimate result.
>
> Thanks,
> Sumanta Basak.
>
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